Jamie Foxx gave one of the most heartfelt speeches at the BET awards and showed everyone watching just how important the bond between a father and a daughter is.
The 57-year-old actor was presented with the Ultimate Icon award at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. When presented with the award, the actor was tearful when he gave his acceptance speech.
In the speech, he spoke about his daughters, beginning by saying, “Anelise Estelle Foxx, my baby with the big hair. She hides under that hair because she’s got something special. You’re so beautiful, man.”
He then added, “When I was fighting for my life in there, I’ve got to say this. They said, ‘We’re going to lose him because his vitals are bad.’ And I didn’t want my 14-year-old to see me like that. But Anelise overheard the conversation, and she snuck into my hospital room with her guitar and said, ‘I know what my Daddy needs. And as she played the guitar, my vitals improved. And I realized God was in her guitar. The nurses ran in and said, ‘What did they give him?’ My daughter said, ‘Shh, I’ve got him.’”
Foxx was in tears throughout his speech. He then started to speak on his oldest daughter, Corinne, “My beautiful daughter, Corinne, I cannot say enough about you. You’ve always taken a backseat to everything. But when you needed to drive it, you drove. And you made sure I was here. And at a certain point, I’m going to stop crying, but I’m not going to stop yet.”
See the acceptance speech below –
